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Here's one survey of alternatives:

Personally, I use:

* DDG for search.

* gmx.com as my main email server (not sure it's that great for privacy, ProtonMail is probably better).

* OpenStreetMap for maps (caveat: Some info is on Google Maps and not on there)

* HereWeGo for car navigation

* Thunderbird as my mail client + calendar

* I don't publish videos, but otherwise probably PeerTube

* IRC and Matrix for group chatting

* F-Droid for FOSS mobile apps, Aurora for anonymous access to Google Play Store

Not yet de-googlified:

* I use an Android phone (albeit Chinese)

* Still need a good alternative for Google Translate.

GMX exposes your IP address in email headers.

Well, I wasn't expecting it to hide my IP address. By default, the Received headers should show the chain of transmission back to my IP.

The only thing I used my google account for was email. There are many good alternatives – I myself have been happy with mailbox.org for years.

Office 365.

their web email client continues to be ocular cancer for anyone who isn't already a daily Outlook user.

I can't stand it nor GMail so I always use a good old local client (Mac Mail or Evolution).